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This is just public schools, those subjects can be still studied at private schools. Czech Republic has similar system. Education is free, but number of places

by jkot 11y ago

This is just public schools, those subjects can be still studied at private schools. Czech Republic has similar system. Education is free, but number of places in public university is set by number of jobs available. We have lot of engineers and doctors, a bit less lawyers and very few artists and sociologists. As a side effect those become elite subjects with really bright students.

guard-of-terra 11y ago
> with really bright students My misanthropic self suggests they're more likely really well-connected.
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- emp_zealoth 11y ago
  The good thing about post-commie unis is that we have entrance exams,period. Not a fuzzy opaque admission system from UK/US where they do 'hire talks' And no grade curving nonsense You study,you score points and you either get in or not. The only way money can help is by hiring extra tutors to prepare you for exams - but a lot of my classmates at top polish polytechnic were poor as fuck,just brilliant. The admission system works (the unis themselves have a lot of issues though)
  - orf 11y ago
    > Not a fuzzy opaque admission system from UK/US where they do 'hire talks' And no grade curving nonsense We don't do 'hire talks', you get in based on your grades and essentially a letter you write about yourself and your interests. The latter being important because there is more to you as a person than your UCAS points.
    - jazzyk 11y ago
      You have not applied to college recently, have you? The times when colleges applied reason/merit to the admission process are long gone. These days they are racketeering, politically-correct, quota-driven businesses where educational excellence is less and less important. Other "important" factors which impact your admission chances are: - your race (Asians usually discriminated against), - your gender (both females and males can be discriminated), - your state of residence (quotas for local residents), - your country of residence (overseas students typically are rich and parents pay full tuition), - your athletic prowess in a particular sport (if you are a semi-pro, you are golden). Harvard does not make it a secret that a significant number (30%, I think) of slots is reserved for "legacies" and athletes. The rest are very good students (who managed to impress the admissions with some unusual after school activities), who make up for the legacies/athletes.
louhike 11y ago
And some universities have refused to comply to it (some of the best) and others will do it only partially. This blog article refers to a detailed article on the Time explaining it.
greglindahl 11y ago
I wonder how the Czech system accounts for people who study one thing in school, and then do something related for a job? For example, I frequently run into physicists and mathematicians working as programmers in the Silicon Valley.
- jkot 11y ago
  I studied physics 15 years ago. There are much more IT students now, while physics stagnated.

by jkot 11y ago

guard-of-terra 11y ago

> with really bright students My misanthropic self suggests they're more likely really well-connected.

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emp_zealoth 11y ago
The good thing about post-commie unis is that we have entrance exams,period. Not a fuzzy opaque admission system from UK/US where they do 'hire talks' And no grade curving nonsense You study,you score points and you either get in or not. The only way money can help is by hiring extra tutors to prepare you for exams - but a lot of my classmates at top polish polytechnic were poor as fuck,just brilliant. The admission system works (the unis themselves have a lot of issues though)
- orf 11y ago
  > Not a fuzzy opaque admission system from UK/US where they do 'hire talks' And no grade curving nonsense We don't do 'hire talks', you get in based on your grades and essentially a letter you write about yourself and your interests. The latter being important because there is more to you as a person than your UCAS points.
  - jazzyk 11y ago
    You have not applied to college recently, have you? The times when colleges applied reason/merit to the admission process are long gone. These days they are racketeering, politically-correct, quota-driven businesses where educational excellence is less and less important. Other "important" factors which impact your admission chances are: - your race (Asians usually discriminated against), - your gender (both females and males can be discriminated), - your state of residence (quotas for local residents), - your country of residence (overseas students typically are rich and parents pay full tuition), - your athletic prowess in a particular sport (if you are a semi-pro, you are golden). Harvard does not make it a secret that a significant number (30%, I think) of slots is reserved for "legacies" and athletes. The rest are very good students (who managed to impress the admissions with some unusual after school activities), who make up for the legacies/athletes.

louhike 11y ago

And some universities have refused to comply to it (some of the best) and others will do it only partially. This blog article refers to a detailed article on the Time explaining it.

greglindahl 11y ago

I wonder how the Czech system accounts for people who study one thing in school, and then do something related for a job? For example, I frequently run into physicists and mathematicians working as programmers in the Silicon Valley.

jkot 11y ago
I studied physics 15 years ago. There are much more IT students now, while physics stagnated.